pasta

[pah-stuh, pas-tuh]

noun

1. any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.

pasta

/ ˈpæstə /

noun

1. any of several variously shaped edible preparations made from a flour and water dough, such as spaghetti

Word History and Origins

Origin of pasta¹

1870–75; < Italian < Late Latin. See paste

Word History and Origins

Origin of pasta¹

Italian, from Late Latin: _paste ¹

Example Sentences

Lunch was typically lentils, some pasta, or soup.

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I love their oysters, but they also have a great burger, pastas and salads.

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“We always wanted to make a song that sounded like Third Eye Blind, but I couldn’t sing that well,” Shelton says, cutting at the disc of burrata atop his pasta.

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The roots of his grudging acceptance of what I and millions of others consider to be one of cuisine’s most divine unions of dairy and pasta is highly regional in its basis.

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Crisps, lentils, pasta, milk and meat are among some of the products villagers say are being stocked at a higher price rather than within the value range of products.

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Related Words

• gnocchi 
• linguine 
• macaroni 
• ravioli 
• spaghetti 
• tortellini